Wardrobe-hook.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

H. L. BRADLEY.

WARDROBE HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14, 1904.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES.

Patented May 9,1905.

Brien.

HENRY L. BRADLEY, OF l/VESTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

WMHDHOBE-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,524, dated May 9,1905, Application filed September 14, 1904. Serial No. 224,424.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY L. BRADLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at l/Vestville, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Wardrobe-Hook, of which the following is aspeci lication.

My invention has for its object to provide a neat and. attractivelooking, rigid, and very cheap ward robe-hook made from a single pieceof wire and provided with a sheet-metal angle-brace whose upper andlower hooks shall both be double in the horizontal plane, which shall beopen under the top hook, shall be so constructed that the lower hookwill not mar woodwork while being inserted, but will make the hookself-locking in place after insertion, and which through the use of mynovel brace at the angle is made amply strong at what has heretoforebeen the weak point in wire wardrobe-hooks, and the objectionableresilience and yielding of this type of hooks is entirely done awaywith.

With these and other objects in View I have devised the novel metalclasp wardrobe-hook whichl will now describe, referring to theaccompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and usingreference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective 01 my novel wardrobe-hook detached, showingthe backward curvature of the lower hook by which the hook as a whole ismade self-locking in place; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the hook inposition for use, the woodwork being indicated in section; Fig. 3, adetail plan view of the angle of the hook; Fig. 4C, a detail rearelevation of the angle oil the hook, and Fig. 5 is a view of theangle-brace detached.

ln forming my novel wardrobe-hook the blank of wire is first curved, andrecurvcd in the horizontal plane, the sides lying substantially parallelwith each other and the ends lapping past each other at one side of themidlength of the partly-formed device. ()ne of the loops or doubled ends01 the partly-formed device is bent upward to form the outer end of theupper hook 10. The two sides of the upper hook are indicated,respectively, by 11 and 12. One of these sides-side l1as shown in thedrawings, is bent downward at approximately a right angle, and then thelooped or doubled end is curved and recurvcd to form the lower hook 13.The two sides of the lower hook are indicated, respectively, by 14 and15, side 14: being continuous with side 11 of the upper hook and the endof side 15 lying against or contiguous to side 12 of the upper hook atthe angle, as is clearly indicated by dotted lines.

16 denotes the attaching-shank, which is shown as threaded to engagewoodwork and is continuous and in alinement with side 12 of the upperhook.

17 indicates the angle-brace. These anglebraces are blanked out fromsheet metal, Fig. 5 showing the brace as blanked out ready forattachment. The brace as formed is substantially lJ-shaped incross-section, the sides being highest at the ends, forming flaps l8,and is also curved longitudinally, the under side being concave and theupper edges of the sides being convex. At the center of the brace on theunder side 1 form a strengthening-rib 19. The wardrobe-hook is completedby placing the brace in the angle of the hook, setting it tightly inplace, and then closing the flaps 18 of the brace tightly about thesides of the upper and lower hooks, respectively, the flaps at one endof the brace being closed about the inner ends of the sides 11 and 12 ofthe upper hook, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, and the flaps at the otherend of the brace being closed about the upper ends of the sides 14 and15 of the lower hook, as clearly shown in Fig. at. The rib 19 on thebrace lirmly braces the upper hook and makes the article as a wholerigid and very strong, the resiliency and yieldingness which is such aserious objection to ordinary wire wardrobe-hooks being entirely doneaway with.

An important feature of my novel wardrobe-hook is that the lower hook iscurved backward below the brace, as at 20. (See Fig. 1.) In putting up ahook for use the oporator springs the lower hook outward away from thewoodwork and then turns the shank into the woodwork until the back ofthe anglebrace is in contact with the woodwork, as clearly shown in Fig.2, the lower hook having been retained out of contact with the woodwork,so that it is not marred by the operation of putting up the hook. Assoon as the lower hook is released, however, the resiliency caused bybackward curve 20 will force the back of the lower hook slightly intothe woodwork and cause it to lock the hook as a whole firmly in placewhen once inserted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A wardrobe-hookcomprising upper and lower hooks formed from a blank of wire curved andrecurved to form upper and lower hooks each having a loop or doubled endand sides lying parallehan attaching-shank formed continuous with oneside of the upper hook and an angle-brace seated in the angle of thehook and provided at its center with a strengthening-rib and at its endswith flaps which are curved about the sides of the upper and lower hooksrespectively.

2. A wardrobe-hook formed from a blank of wire curved and recurved toform upper and lower hooks each having a loop or doubled end and sideslying parallel, an attaching-shank formed continuous with one of thesides of the upper hook, said lower hook having a backward curve 20, forthe purpose set forth, and an angle-brace seated in the angle of thehook and provided at its center with a strengthening-rib and at its endswith flaps which are curved about the sides of the upper and lower hooksrespectively.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. BRADLEY.

\Vitnesses:

Amen M. BROWN, ELsIE J. FIELD.

